USPTO Patents Application 09878556

Express Mail Label No. EF3830302i3us

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UTILITY PATENT APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL

S (Large Entity)

5 ( Only for new nonprovisional applications under 37 CFR 1 . 53(b))

Docket No.
FIS9-2000-0372-US1

Total Pages in this Submission
30

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TO THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS

Box Patent Application
Washington, D.C. 20231

Transmitted herewith for filing under 35 U.S.C. 1 1 1 (a) and 37 C.F.R. 1 .53(b) is a new utility patent application for an
invention entitled:

and invented by:

S. Sundar Kumar Iyer, Suryanarayan G. Hedge, Erin Catherine Jones and Harald F. Okorn-Schmidt

Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
Assignee Residence: Armonk, New York

If a CONTINUATION APPLICATION, check appropriate box and supply the requisite information:

□ Continuation □ Divisional □ Continuation-in-part (CIP) of prior application No.:
Which is a:

□ Continuation □ Divisional □ Continuation-in-part (CIP) of prior application No.:
Which is a:

□ Continuation □ Divisional □ Continuation-in-part (CIP) of prior application No.:

12\ Enclosed are:

ft\ Application Elements

y 1 . 53 Filing fee as calculated and transmitted as described below

N 2. |x| Specification having 14 pages and including the following:

a. O Descriptive Title of the Invention

b. □ Cross References to Related Applications (if applicable)

c. □ Statement Regarding Federally-sponsored Research/Development (if applicable)

d. □ Reference to Microfiche Appendix (if applicable)

e. [x| Background of the Invention

f. S3 Brief Summary of the Invention

g. (3 Brief Description of the Drawings (if drawings fifed)

h. [x| Detailed Description

i. 13 Claim(s) as Classified Below
j. S Abstract of the Disclosure

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Application Elements (Continued)

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13 Formal Number of Sheets 2

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□ Informal Number of Sheets

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Oath or Declaration

a.

§3 Newly executed (original or copy) □ Unexecuted

b.

□ Copy from a prior application (37 CFR 1 .63(d)) (for continuation/divisional application only)

c.

S With Power of Attorney □ Without Power of Attorney

d.

□ DELETION OF INVENTOR(S)

Signed statement attached deleting inventor(s) named in the prior application,

see 37 C.F.R. 1.63(d)(2) and 1.33(b).

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Incorporation By Reference (usable if Box 4b is checked)

The entire disclosure of the prior application, from which a copy of the oath or declaration is supplied under

Box 4b, is considered as being part of the disclosure of the accompanying application and is hereby

incorporated by reference therein.

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Computer Program in Microfiche (Appendix)

7.

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Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Submission (if applicable, all must be included)

a.

□ Paper Copy

b.

□ Computer Readable Copy (identical to computer copy)

c.

□ Statement Verifying Identical Paper and Computer Readable Copy

Accompanying Application Parts

8.

Assignment Papers (cover sheet & document(s))

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37 CFR 3.73(B) Statement (when there is an assignee)

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English Translation Document (if applicable)

11.

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Information Disclosure Statement/PTO-1449 H Copies of IDS Citations

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Preliminary Amendment

13.

Acknowledgment postcard

14.

Certificate of Mailing

□ First Class 3 Express Mail (Specify Label No.): EF383030213US

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UTILITY PATENT APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL

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(Only for new nonprovisional applications under 37 CFR 1.53(b))

Docket No.
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30

Accompanying Application Parts (Continued)

15. □ Certified Copy of Priority Document(s) (if foreign priority is claimed)

1 6. □ Additional Enclosures (please identify below):

Request That Application Not Be Published Pursuant To 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)

17. □ Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2), Applicant hereby requests that this patent application not be
published pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(1). Applicant hereby certifies that the invention disclosed in
this application has not and will not be the subject of an application filed in another country, or
under a multilateral international agreement, that requires publication of applications 18 months
after filing of the application.

Warning

An applicant who makes a request not to publish, but who subsequently files in a foreign
country or under a multilateral international agreement specified in 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(i),
must notify the Director of such filing not later than 45 days after the date of the filing of
such foreign or international application. A failure of the applicant to provide such notice
within the prescribed period shall result in the application being regarded as abandoned,
unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the Director that the delay in submitting the notice
was unintentional.

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UTILITY PATENT APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL

(Large Entity)

(Only for new nonprovisional applications under 37 CFR 1.53(b))

Docket No.
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Total Pages in this Submission
30

Fee Calculation and Transmittal

CLAIMS AS FILED

For

#Filed

#AI lowed

#Extra

Rate

Fee

Total Claims

21

•20 =

$18.00

$18.00

Indep. Claims

- 3 =

$80.00

$0.00

Multiple Dependent Claims (check if applicable) □

$0.00

BASIC FEE

$710.00

OTHER FEE (specify purpose)

$0.00

TOTAL FILING FEE

$728.00

□ A check in the amount of to cover the filing fee is enclosed.

IS The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge and credit Deposit Account No. 09-0458
as described below. A duplicate copy of this sheet is enclosed.

S Charge the amount of $728.00 as filing fee.

§3 Credit any overpayment.

§3 Charge any additional filing fees required under 37 C.F.R. 1.16 and 1.17.
□ Charge the issue fee set in 37 C.F.R. 1.18 at the mailing of the Notice of Allowance,
pursuant to 37 C.F.R. 1.311(b)

Signature

Eric W. Petraske, Esq.

Dated: June 11, 2001 Registration No. 28,459

IBM CORPORATION
Intellectual Property
2070 Route 52

Hopewell Junction, NY 12533
cc: Phone: (845) 894-3402

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CERTIFICATE OF MAILING BY "EXPRESS MAIL" (37 CFR 1.10)
Applicants): S. Sundar Kumar Iyer, et al.

UOCKfcJl NO.

FIS9-2000-0372-US1

Serial No.
Unassigned

Filing Date
Herewith

Examiner
Unassigned

Group Art Unit
Unassigned

Invention: Method of Forming Variable Oxide Thicknesses Across Semiconductor Chips

I hereby certify that this New Patent Application

(Identify type of correspondence)

is being deposited with the United States Postal Service "Express Mail Post Office to Addressee" service under
37 CFR 1.10 in an envelope addressed to: The Assistant Commissioner for Patents, Washington, D.C. 20231
on June 11, 2001

(Date)

EF383030213US

(Typed or Printed Name of Person Mailing Correspondence)

(Signature of Persj^f Mailing Correspondence)

Karen Cinq-Mars

("Express Mail" Mailing Label Number)

Note: Each paper must have its own certificate of mailing.

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